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' `Speciiication forming part of Letters Patent No. 115,461, dated May30, 1871.

Y We, FRED. W. GoonALn and Jenn J. BRnN-v NAN, of Danbury, in the countyof Fairfield and Stateof Connecticut, have invented an #ImprovedClothes-Horse, of which the followl ing is a specification: y

Our invention relates to a clotheshorse made of folding latticeWork,with connectingro unds so arranged thatit can be extended suitably toreceive Vthe clothes to dry or air, and at any time canbe closed andreopened-without removin g or disarran gin g the clothes, thus greatlyfacilitatil'lg the drying of clothes inthe house if the weather isunfair, or outsideit' it is fair; and it consists in the arrangement andconstruction of the parts with `relation to each other so that theobject sought for will be attained.

. Figure 1 is a perspective view of the clotheshorse, extended or drawnout ready to receive the clothes.- Fig. 2 is an end view of the sameclosed up.` f

A A and A A are the upright posts of the standing frames at either end.B B B are the folding slats pivoted on the ends ot' the several rods C CC" C C 0',011 which the clothes are to hang. l. The rods C C are madefast in the top of the posts Aand A. The rolls or `rods C C are `made topass through holes at the bottom or lower ends of the slats B B, the

ends extending through the slats B B and sliding in the .grooves a a inthe posts A and Al as the clothes-horse is extended or closed y up. Theposts A A andA A' are connected together by rods c, d, and d', and thusform the standing-frames.

vIt will be seen that by drawing one of the frames away from the otherthe slats B B extend out till the ends of the rods C' C' reach or aredrawn up to the top of the grooves a a in posts A and A', and can beclosed again by described.

FRED. W. GOODALE. JOHN J. BRENNAN. Witnesses:

H. W. HINMAN,

S. Gr. BURrIs.

